Everyone who starts playing Warhammer 40,000 has a big decision to make. Do I help the imperium or help to destroy it? There are many races in the game who are bent on the destruction of mankind. The greatest defenders of humanity in Warhammer 40,000 are the space marines. Also known as the Adeptus Astartes, the space marines really are angels of death. Space marines are divided into chapters of about one thousand marines each. When it comes to being barbaric and fierce no one comes close to the sons of Russ, also known as the Space Wolves. In this article I’ll talk about reasons why you should choose Warhammer 40k Space Wolves over another chapter of space marines.

The Space Wolves are fierce. This is the first reason you should choose them. How does ferocity get shown according to game rules? By being better overall in close combat. The troops choices of the wolves all have a close combat weapon and pistol as their starting wargear. This means even their standard troopers can wear enemies down in close combat. Mark of the wulfen is another ability you can give to most squads to increase their number of attacks in close combat. This ability and some others are what make the wolves so fierce.

Next, they have really cool wargear. A Space Wolves army can field troops with power weapons like most armies. But how about a power weapon that adds a +1 to you basic strength? Pretty nifty if you ask me. They also have a special version of lightning claws called wolf claws. You can pick to re-roll wounds like lightning claws, but also can choose to re-roll to hit if you want. It’s your decision. Did I mention our rune priests have rune weapons? These little pieces of wargear will tick off anyone you go against who uses psychic powers.  You can’t beat an instant nullify.

The last reason to use the Space Wolves is the different unit types. In my opinion the wolves have some of the coolest units in the game. No other space marine army in the game has space marines on wolves, but the Space wolves do. Thunder wolf cavalry has become a staple on every roster sheet for tournament wolf armies. Wolf armies also have very customizable HQ choices that allow you to take on all comers. This is just a small sample of the great units available to the wolves.

In closing, the Warhammer Space Wolves are an awesome army to choose for Warhammer 40,000. They are totally fierce and fearless. Their wargear is just awesome. Did I also mention they have some of the toughest versatile units in the game? All of these reasons are great reasons to use the sons of Russ over another space marine chapter. So what are you waiting for, go get your Space Wolves Codex and get to work.

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